Inman-Mason, Fishgold-O'Keeffe added to Cage Warriors 52 lineup

A pair of fights have been added to March’s Cage Warriors event in England.

Cage Warriors 52 now includes a welterweight bout between Matt Inman (9-4) and Jack Mason (22-11), plus a featherweight contest between Chris Fishgold (7-0) and Steve O’Keeffe (6-2). Promotion officials on Tuesday announced the new contests.

Cage Warriors 52 takes place March 9 at HMV Forum in London. In the main event, welterweight champion Gael Grimaud (17-5) meets challenger Cathal Pendred (11-2-1). Broadcast and streaming plans for the card are expected to be announced soon.

Inman, who recently signed a five-fight exclusive deal to fight under the Cage Warriors banner, will be making his promotional debut. Following a busy 2010, he missed all of 2011, but came back in 2012 with a first-round submission of Kyle Redfearn. He dropped a split decision in October, though, and has lost three of his past four bouts. But of his nine wins, all have come by stoppage – with eight in the first round.

Mason is a Cage Warriors veteran who has seven fights with the promotion, including a pair of wins in 2012 against Tommy Quinn and Florent Betorangal. He went 5-2 during a busy 2012, and an impressive 14 of his 22 career wins are by submission.

Fishgold, just 20 years old, has six of his seven wins by submission and makes his Cage Warriors debut after being inactive throughout 2012. He was scheduled to meet Robert Whiteford at Cage Warriors 50 this past month, but a Whiteford injury knocked them both from the card.

O’Keeffe will be fighting for Cage Warriors for the fourth time. At 2-1 in the promotion, he holds wins over Artem Lobov and Jeremy Petley. But in February 2012, he had a six-fight win streak snapped with a first-round knockout loss to Conor McGregor, who currently is Cage Warriors’ two-division champ at both lightweight and featherweight.

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